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DJ Justes
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Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:24:45 -0700
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Re: [idm] some gnutella words on napster
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or you could just go to http://www.gnutella.org justes -- / http://www.staticbeats.com / Music for the Mind | Music for the Soul \ Ambient | Techno | Jungle | Electronica \ Live Streaming M-F 10am - 8pm \ Real Audio Archives 1995 - 2000 carlos kok wrote:
quoted 24 lines I was in the pub last night, and a guy asked me for a light for his> I was in the pub last night, and a guy asked me for a light for his > cigarette. I suddenly realised that there was a demand here and money to be > made, and so I agreed to light his cigarette for 10 pence, but I didn't > actually give him a light, I sold him a license to burn his cigarette. My > fire-license restricted him from giving the light to anybody else, after > all, that fire was my property. He was drunk, and dismissing me as a loony, > but accepted my fire (and by implication the licence which governed its > use) anyway. Of course in a matter of minutes I noticed a friend of his > asking him for a light and to my outrage he gave his cigarette to his > friend and pirated my fire! I was furious, I started to make my way over to > that side of the bar but to my added horror his friend then started to > light other people's cigarettes left, right, and centre! Before long that > whole side of the bar was enjoying MY fire without paying me anything. > Enraged I went from person to person grabbing their cigarettes from their > hands, throwing them to the ground, and stamping on them. > > Strangely the door staff exhibited no respect for my property rights as > they threw me out the door. > > --Ian Clarke > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
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